The FC Barcelona resists to a good Real Madrid

The FC Barcelona resists to a good Real Madrid

The blaugranas, despite playing with one fewer minutes, beat the madridistas again with extra time included to defend the Super Cup

MADRID, 19 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

FC Barcelona will face Real Sociedad this Sunday for the Spanish Super Cup title after winning their semifinal 3-1 against Real Madrid this Thursday, a duel that required an extension and where the Catalans resisted the improvement of their rival after the break and playing with one less from minute 59.

It was an entertaining and vibrant clash, despite the fact that the current champion overwhelmed in the first half in dominance. Then, the Madrid team took advantage of their opportunity and the expulsion of Irene Paredes evened it all out more, although not enough for the Madrid team to finally beat the Catalan after ten games. A penalty in extra time ended up tipping the balance of the leader of the F League.

Barça signed a monologue in the first half, where they left no room for a Real Madrid where Alberto Toril opted for the counterattack trick with the French Naomie Feller as the only reference up front and Esther González on the bench, and with the Swedish Freja Siri in the middle with Claudia Zornoza to give more strength. Jonatan Giráldez, for his part, repeated with the same eleven from the visit to Alfredo di Stéfano with which he tied up and controlled his rival, although his offensive barrage was not similar.

The Catalan team once again showed that it is one step above, especially if it comes out without making concessions. He grabbed the ball quickly and his powerful physique and drop pressure from him slowed his opponent down, barely making it past midfield, save once with Feller.

The dominance did not translate into great occasions for the azulgranas, although from very early on they warned with a great individual play by Geyse Ferreira and a providential cut by Kenti Robles. Barça locked up the madridistas, deprived of being able to connect with Caroline Weir and with Olga Carmona and Athenea del Castillo, also neutralized by the power of Lucy Bronze and Fridolina Rolfö.

Ana Cronogorcevic gave another warning with a good header that forced Misa Rodríguez to intervene for the first time, who shortly after was unable to do anything before the great shot by Claudia Pina, who once again demonstrated that the Madrid team is very good at it and that they put 1-0 in minute 24.

The goal did not make Real Madrid react, which suffered a lot from hardly being able to have the ball, always in the hands of Giráldez's team that forgave the 2-0 draw with a high shot close to Crnogorcevic's goal after a header from Crnogorcevic. A free-kick from Pina, another header from Bronze against a defense that had a hard time from set pieces and a couple of shots from Guijarro closed the first half.

The second half did not change the script, although Real Madrid took a step forward at the cost of leaving more space for Barça. The reigning champions continued to dominate, but the Real Madrid players found effectiveness and Weir in his first shot on goal of the game. The Scotsman suffered a foul on the edge of the area and executed it herself perfectly to make it 1-1.

Toril's team did not take a step back despite the equalizer and that risk was about to cost them losing their booty quickly. Geyse Ferreira made another display of power, but lacked skill against Misa Rodríguez. Shortly after, Irene Paredes, with a yellow card for a foul on Feller, mistimed and knocked down the Frenchwoman again to leave her team with ten.

Both benches reacted quickly with Marta Torrejón entering for Crnogorcevic to strengthen the defense and with Maite Oroz and Esther González, offensive changes to try to take advantage of the numerical superiority. The game opened definitively and Barça's technical quality and experience made up for playing with one less.

Geyse's pressure on Misa Rodríguez was about to cause the goalkeeper's own goal, although with a possible foul by the Brazilian, a real 'torment' for the rival defense that held on to extend the match until extra time despite the insistence of the Barça team , something 'touched' in the physical.

In extra time, despite the changes, this aspect was decisive on both sides. Mariona Caldentey and Athenea del Castillo enjoyed the best two before Tere Abelleira and Sofie Svava innocently knocked down Lucy Bronze and Caldentey did not miss from eleven meters. Salma Paralluelo sentenced when the duel came to an end.

--RESULT: FC BARCELONA, 3 - REAL MADRID, 1 (1-0, at halftime, and 1-1 at the end of regulation time).

FC BARCELONA: Cloths; Bronze, Paredes, León, Rolfö; Bonmatí, Walsh (Rábano, min.112), Guijarro (Paralluelo, min.104); Crnogorcevic (Torrejón, min.64), Ferreira (Oshoala, min.88) and Pina (Caldentey, min.64).

REAL MADRID: Rodriguez; Robles (Andrés, min.91), Kathellen, Gálvez, Svava (Nahikari, min.112); Zornoza (Abelleira, min.91), Frija Siri (Oroz, min.63); Del Castillo, Weir, Carmona (González, min.63); and Feller (Moeller, min.101).

1-0, minute 24. Claudia Pina.

1-1, minute 54. Caroline Weir.

2-1, minute 111. Mariona Caldentey, penalty.

3-1, minute 120. Salma Paralluelo.

--REFEREE: Marta Huerta de Aza (C.Tinerfeño). He admonished Bronze (min.68), for FC Barcelona, ​​and Zornoza (min.66), for Real Madrid. He sent off Irene Paredes in the 59th minute for a double yellow card.

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